DISCRIMINATION BY GENDER IN THE LOCAL LABOUR MARKET: A STUDY FOR THE MUNICIPALITIES OF THE RIO GRANDE DO SUL

Authors

  • Rafael Mesquita Pereira Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG
    • Cristiano Aguiar de Oliveira Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG

      DOI:

      https://doi.org/10.22456/2176-5456.41462

      Keywords:

      Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition, Discrimination, Municipalities

      Abstract

      The objective of this paper is to analyze the difference in income between men and women in the main municipalities of the seven mesoregions of Rio Grande do Sul. Therefore, from the 2010 Census database, the decomposition of the gender earnings differential is obtained using the Oaxaca-Blinder procedure with the addition of controls for the sectors (economic activities) of the analyzed municipalities. This procedure allows checking whether the magnitude of the wage difference between the genders is explained by differences in productive attributes of individuals, in the allocation between sectors of economic activity, in the characteristics of the labor market of the municipalities or by factors related to discrimination. The results show that although women have greater productive attributes than men, they receive lower wages, even when controls for the allocation in the activities and for local labor markets are included, a fact that provides sufficient evidence for the existence of statistical discrimination against women in all analyzed municipalities.

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      Author Biographies

      Rafael Mesquita Pereira, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG

      Doutorando em Economia Aplicada pela ESALQ - USP e Professor Assistente da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG.

      Cristiano Aguiar de Oliveira, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG

      Doutor pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul – UFRGS e Professor Adjunto da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande – FURG

      Published

      2017-12-18

      How to Cite

      Pereira, R. M., & Oliveira, C. A. de. (2017). DISCRIMINATION BY GENDER IN THE LOCAL LABOUR MARKET: A STUDY FOR THE MUNICIPALITIES OF THE RIO GRANDE DO SUL. Análise Econômica, 35(68). https://doi.org/10.22456/2176-5456.41462